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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)
Lech W. ZACHER
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016, Publication date: 12 May 2016
Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.
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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.
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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS
Lech W. ZACHER
Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 13 November 2013
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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)
Lech W. ZACHER
National Cases Augmented
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017, Publication date: 30 November 2017
Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.
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IDEAS FROM STAFF OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATIONS AS INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIONS
Jerzy BARUK
Innovations - Information
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 25 May 2014
Abstract In this publication the author discusses the fragment of results of the empirical research conducted by the Gallup Organization among representatives of the managements of the public administration organizations functioning in the Member States of the European Union. The subject of these was the innovativeness [...] Read more.
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QUESTIONS AS A UNIT OF THE DIALOGUE IN THE PROCESS OF THE DIDACTIC COMMUNICATIONS
Ewa KOCHANOWSKA
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract School communication constitutes a pedagogical field of research that provides empiric exemplifications and instructions for educational practice. The subjects of the analysis are: features of language that is spoken by teachers in the didactic communication, patterns of communication between teacher [...] Read more.
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THE POLISH LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Urszula ŻYDEK-BEDNARCZUK
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract This article presents the history of the Polish language of science, including its graph ic and symbolic, morphological, lexical, syntactic and textual components. Attention is paid to the general characteristics of the language of science: abstractness, accuracy, objectivity, internationality. The [...] Read more.
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CULTURE OF NETWORKS?
Andrzej K. KOŹMIŃSKI
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract The paper examines globalized academic culture from the standpoint of Polish universities standing and perspectives. Science and quality higher education are produced in international networks. Globalization enhances the influence of American culture perceived as a mix of humboldtian university tradition [...] Read more.
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SYNERGY EFFECTS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS: COMPARING POLISH AND AMERICAN ACADEMIC CULTURES
Dominika LATUSEK-JURCZAK
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract The text illustrates the phenomenon and role of collaborative networks within the research world in the social sciences. It argues that research domination of American universities is founded on the value put on collaboration onvarious stages of the research process. It also identifies several strategies [...] Read more.
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FINANCING OF SCIENCE IN POLAND INHIBITOR OR ENHANCER ?
Alojzy Z. NOWAK, Adam NIEWIADOMSKI
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract Sources of funding are examined and the level is estimated. Competition for grants is indicated as an emerging new source of funding intended to modernize and activate the system and to provide new sources such as EU funds and private sector funcing. The state budget still remains the main funding source [...] Read more.
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HOW TO ESTIMATE POLISH SCIENCE POTENTIAL?
Olaf GAJL
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract A comparison of index figures for Poland and developed countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain are presented. Among other things, it is illustrated that in Poland the number of universities per million inhabitants is the highest,the number of students is also great, but the [...] Read more.
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POLISH UNIVERSITIES IN INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS: POSITION, CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Jan SADLAK
Transformations of Education and Science
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 24 May 2014
Abstract University rankings are arecognized source of information about performance of higher education institutions in particular with regard to research and prestige. This essay presents a comprehensive analysis of the performance of Polish universities in the period 2010-2013 in the most relevant international [...] Read more.
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SATURN OF GOYA. TRANSFORMATION OF THE MYTH
Joanna ALEKSANDROWICZ
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract In his painting Saturn, Goya has transformed the traditional myth version – stripped divinity of its attributes and transferred it into a universal dimension, causing an image of a father devouring his own children to start being interpreted in new socialpolitical contexts. The reception of the Saturn [...] Read more.
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ZORBA THE GREEK - A SCORE FOR LIFE-MEDIA-CULTURE A FILM BY MICHAEL CACONYANNIS IN OLD AND NEW CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Karina BANASZKIEWICZ
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014, Publication date: 23 May 2014
Abstract Globalized societies constantly need heroes and stories that would be able to explain the meaning of the world. When religions of fathers lose their position, their place is taken by myths of the popular culture: Star Wars, Matrix, Pokemons, Indiana Jones' crusades – they all integrate multinational [...] Read more.